Robot educators bring 21st-century change to nation’s schools
Strickland, SOUTH CAROLINA (TWP)
Strickland Public Schools has been chosen to pilot a new educational program designed to ensure students pass state-mandated curriculum and graduation tests. The program, funded in part by a grant from 21st Century Edutech, formerly known as FallApart Products, will see Edutech’s new line of robot educators being placed in the classroom.
Strickland superintendent of schools Ron Maloney said of the program, “What better solution to the current crisis in education. We need more students to pass robotic multiple-choice tests; therefore, we need some real robots doing the teaching.”
21st Century Edutech, former makers of digital blenders, bra extenders, and cardboard boots, got into the business of designing high-tech educational